Pikillacta — Wari Administrative Center
Middle Horizon Wari (550–1100 CE)·Wari (Huari)·🇵🇪 Cusco Region, Peru
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About Pikillacta — Wari Administrative Center
Pikillacta — Wari Administrative Center in Cusco Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon Wari (550–1100 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari (Huari). Wari walled city 63 ha with orthogonal streets, kancha compounds and aqueducts southeast of Cusco. McEwan: Wari administrative centre with orthogonal grid 520 kancha compounds, Lucre basin.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Wari (Huari) occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 550 CE
- Period
- Middle Horizon Wari (550–1100 CE)
- Culture
- Wari (Huari)
- Purpose
- Wari walled city 63 ha with orthogonal streets, kancha compounds and aqueducts southeast of Cusco
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 550 CE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
13.6200° S · 71.7000° W · 3350 m · 4 mapped features
Pikillacta — Wari Administrative Center — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
13.6198° S · 71.6999° WPikillacta — Wari Administrative Center — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
13.6202° S · 71.6998° WPikillacta — Wari Administrative Center — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
13.6196° S · 71.7002° WPikillacta — Wari Administrative Center — Quarry Source Outcrop
quarryStone source outcrop
13.6204° S · 71.7002° W